Outside, there is a miserable wind and rain, and the cramped and stuffy construction vehicle is not a place to stay for a long time.

It just so happened that there was a greenhouse growing vegetables nearby, and Su He and Du Yunfei summed it up and decided to go in for shelter temporarily.

Although the ordinary plant greenhouse in the Foguang Island Botanical Garden is not as good as the high-tech tropical rainforest greenhouse, it is still quite carefully built. The large, sturdy steel frames, double-glazed walls and herringbone roof are all very sturdy, presumably designed with the island's wind resistance in mind.

The engineering truck stopped at the door of the greenhouse, and the two people hugged each other, and pushed the greenhouse door open against the strong wind.

The storm was turned away, and the warm air rushed in, instantly soothing the feelings that were soaked in the heavy rain.

Su He fumbled and turned on a light, and the red and green colors came to his face—rows of tomatoes were planted on the ground nearby. The sturdy plants grew to the height of more than a man with the support of the ropes, and hung with fruit from top to bottom.

Su He picked two ripe tomatoes and handed them to Du Yunfei. At this time, the walkie-talkie in Du Yunfei's hand also heard Duan Whale's inquiry.

Just now, the people in the villa also heard the sound of the landslide and were worried about whether they were safe. Du Yunfei replied that the road was blocked, and he stayed in the greenhouse to avoid the rain for the time being, so he didn't have to worry.

After he finished explaining his whereabouts, Su He also ran back from the small storage room not far away, still holding a large piece of gray and black things in his hand.

"These are greenhouse felts, which are used to keep greenhouses warm in winter."

The two of them were drenched from top to bottom, and quickly took off their clothes and pants and wrapped their felts around their bodies.

The texture of the felt is coarse and hard, it hurts a little when rubbing against the skin, and the effect of warmth is quite limited. Su He shivered while wrapped in a blanket, his face pale.

Du Yunfei reached out and hooked his neck, pulled off the felt on his shoulder, and then wrapped the person into his arms.

Su He felt Du Yunfei's body temperature coming from behind, and there was a faint beating of his heart. The chill was dispelled, but his arms were firmly covered with goosebumps.

Sensing this slight trembling, Du Yunfei stroked his arm.

"Is it still cold?"

Su He shook his head, and then said softly: "We can't walk back to the villa like this." We have to dry our clothes. ”

As he spoke, he raised his arm and grabbed Du Yunfei's hand, and the two of them walked awkwardly forward a few steps together and came to a pillar.

A silver quartz heating lamp was fixed to the pillar, and Su He turned the switch on. The filament soon became red, and they quickly found a few bamboo poles and hung their wet clothes under the lamp.

Du Yunfei spread a felt mat on the ground and pulled Su He to sit down in front of the heating lamp. The warmth of melt came to the face, gradually dispelling the chill around the body.

"It's been really cold this summer." Du Yunfei caged the felt on Su He's body.

Su He snorted, took out the tomatoes he had picked just now, wiped them on the wet clothes he was hanging, and let Du Yunfei take a bite first.

"We're pretty good here. Besides, the weather is colder, and the typhoon will not be too strong. It's good for us too. ”

Two people sat on the ground eating tomatoes, and one of them was talking. As far as the eye can see, rows of lush plants are nearby, and rain is whistling across glass walls and rooftops in the distance. The contrast between the movement and the stillness makes the greenhouse even more comfortable and safe.

Since Du Yunfei took the initiative to pick it up, Su He was also happy to lie in his arms and not move his nest. However, the two of them just did it, and sooner or later they would have to go off the rails. Du Yunfei thought about it, but decided to take the initiative to say something.

"That Tianmu ironwood looks very ordinary."

"Ironwood, I used to use it to make furniture and chopping boards, so it's hard to think about it. However, Tianmu ironwood is also an endemic species of ironwood, and there are only five trees left on the mountain in the original place, which is a national first-class protected plant. ”

"Why so little, doesn't it bear fruit?"

"Knot. But it just doesn't sprout. If you think about it, there are only five plants left, and they are all inbred. Can it be endless? ”

“…… It's true? ”

"If I say it's true, do you believe it? Only three of the five trees bear fruit, and most of the fruit is empty. Even if there are full seeds, they have to go through more than 100 days of dormancy and meet various harsh conditions before they can germinate. Anyway, I just feel very reluctant and don't want to live in this world. ”

"This tree on the island was planted by your parents?"

"Well, when they were young, they used cuttings from new seedlings from old trees. At first, it was planted in my hometown, and there was no one to take care of it after my family's accident. Later, when I had such a place as Foguang Island, I entrusted it to the Botanical Garden. ”

The description is an understatement, but Du Yunfei can feel the special significance of this tree to Su He.

He asked Su He in a low voice, "The reason why you major in botany is because of the influence of your parents?" ”

"Of course. But I like it myself. Su He nodded, and then asked rhetorically, "What about you?" Why study medicine? An old family of Chinese medicine doctors? ”

Du Yunfei was suddenly silent, and was quiet for about half a minute.

Su He thought he had touched some minefield again, and was about to divert the topic, but he felt Du Yunfei's arm hugging him harder.

"I've never mentioned this to anyone...... It's not a good thing, and saying it might make you feel sad too. ”

"If you want to say it, then say it." Su He gently covered Du Yunfei's hand, "Don't forget that we are on Foguang Island now." No matter what happened in the past, it was a thing of the past, and you can only put it down if you can afford it. ”

As if agreeing with Su He's point of view, Du Yunfei set his eyes on the rain curtain on the glass wall in the distance.

"For generations, no one in my family has ever worked as a medical professional. My father and mother were both businessmen and ran a foreign trade company together. They were constantly on the move, leaving me and my sister at home, following my grandparents and grandparents, and hiring a nanny to take care of them. ”

Du Yunfei's sister is six years older than him, and she already belongs to two different age stages. When Du Yunfei was about to graduate from junior high school, she was studying in college. There is no common language between siblings, and Du Yunfei's most popular person is the son of Aunt Ling, the nanny, Ah Heng.

What Ah Heng looks like, Du Yunfei can't remember it now. It's just that I vaguely have the impression of "very good-looking and well-behaved". After Aunt Ling divorced her husband, she left her hometown alone with Ah Heng, and her family was financially constrained, and she couldn't even afford to rent a house.

Du Yunfei's grandparents are both philanthropists who believe in Buddhism, and seeing that Aunt Ling is honest and kind, coupled with the perennial lack of popularity in the family's huge house, they let their mother and son live in the nanny room together.

Coincidentally, Ah Heng's middle school and Du Yunfei's school were not far away, and the two teenagers went to and from school together, which saved the trouble of picking up and dropping off.

After getting along for a long time, the teenagers are like brothers and sisters, and they have a lot of secrets that only know each other.

Recalling this, Du Yun suddenly asked Su He: "I only mentioned it before, I had a girlfriend in college. Do you wonder when I ever knew I was bisexual? ”

Su He pouted reluctantly: "Since you have asked so, then Ah Heng must be your first love." ”

"You're not happy?" There was a rare hint of banter in Du Yunfei's voice.

"Stop! I changed my mind and didn't want to hear from you. Su He covered his ears exaggeratedly, thought about it and muttered, "...... Where is that Ah Heng now? ”

"He's dead."

Ah Heng died in the winter when he was 15 years old. The seeds of misfortune were planted in the summer of the end of the third year of junior high school.

That summer, on the way home, Du Yunfei met Ah Heng's father for the first time.

The man's appearance has long been blurred, and he is vaguely similar to Ah Heng. What Du Yunfei always remembered was his fancy clothes, the big gold chain around his neck, and the good car he drove.

How could the simple and thrifty Aunt Ling have such an ex-husband - Du Yunfei did not have similar doubts, but Ah Heng's joy dispelled his doubts.

The appearance of his father was a big surprise for Ah Heng, as he received many gifts one after another. Many things that Aunt Ling's financial resources could not have bought for him at all.

Ah Heng lives in a room with Aunt Ling, and he is worried that the gift will be discovered by his mother. So he begged to save Zài Du Yunfei's room. Clothes, comic books, toys, and even cell phones and electronics that you can tell at a glance are obsolete.

At first, Du Yunfei thought that this was a father making up for the lack of father's love, but he soon discovered that the truth was not so simple.

After some time, Ah Heng's father said that he would take them out to eat. Ah Heng begged Du Yunfei to come forward and tell a lie to the family, and the two of them got into Ah Heng's father's car.

They said they were going to eat, but instead of a restaurant, they were in a dimly lit bar that was half-underground. The bar was full of men, and as soon as they heard the doorbell, they all turned their heads to look.

The light food at that bar was not delicious, but Ah Heng was still happy. The adolescent rebellious teenager begins to distance himself from his mother, and the father's love seems to come "just in time".

After that, Ah Heng's father also took them out to dinner a few times, each time at a different bar.

Unlike Ah Heng, Du Yunfei, who was bored, gradually found that the albums on the walls and tables of all these bars were full of "unusual" pictures; And the guests at the bar always have only one gender.

"That's when I started to learn about a new world."

Du Yunfei's voice couldn't hear the ups and downs of emotion, but Su He felt depressed.

“…… I guess Ah Heng's father is not a good person, what happened to him? ”

A month later, he was going to take Ah Heng out to dinner again. I'm tired of covering for Ah Heng again, and I really want to refuse. But Ah Heng assured me that this would definitely be the last time before the summer vacation. So I went with him anyway. Unexpectedly, this is really the last time. ”